Individual or group administration; no time limit; approximately 30 min.

Test users:

Psychologists (psychology diploma required).

The questionnaire assesses the basic, biologically determined dimensions of personality which characterise the formal aspects of behaviour.

DESCRIPTION: A self-report questionnaire. It consists of 120 items in the form of statements to which the subject responds YES or NO. The items are grouped into six scales: Briskness, Perseveration, Sensory Sensitivity, Emotional Reactivity, Endurance, and Activity. The Regulative Theory of Temperament elaborated by J. Strelau provides the theoretical framework for the FCT-KZ. The data collected during construction of the questionnaire suggest that the results are relatively independent of education and verbal skills.

RELIABILITY: Satisfactory internal consistency for all six scales.

VALIDITY: Assessed e.g. on a basis of the connection of the questionnaire score with selected psychophysiological indices and scores of other questionnaires or tests - examining temperament, personality, and cognitive abilities.